Igor Vori

Igor Vori

Vori with HSV Hamburg in 2012
Personal information
Born (1980-09-20) 20 September 1980
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 114 kilograms (251 lb)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club RK Zagreb
Number 10
Senior clubs
1997–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2007
2007–2009
2009–2013
2013–2016
2016–
RK Zagreb
Alpi Pallamano Prato
Pallamano Conversano
RK Zagreb
FC Barcelona
RK Zagreb
HSV Hamburg
PSG Handball
RK Zagreb
National team
2003–2015 Croatia 223 (562)[1]

Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian handball player.

Having appeared at three Olympics, he has a gold medal (2004) and a bronze medal (2012).[2]

Club career

Igor Vori plays in RK Zagreb from Zagreb and has also played for FC Barcelona Handbol and PSG. He won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. He was shortlisted in the IHF's election of the 2009 World Handball Player of the Year.

International career

He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,[3] and Olympic champion from 2004.[4] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship, where he also was voted Best defensive player. At the 2009 World Championships, Vori was part of the silver medal winning team, as well as being voted 'Player of the Tournament', but was given a red card during the final match after pretending to throw the ball at a referee's face.

Honours

Zagreb
Prato
Conversano
Barcelona
HSV
PSG
Individual

Orders

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Petar Metličić
5
Captain of Croatia Croatia
2009-2015
Succeeded by
Marko Kopljar
7

References

  1. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. "Igot Vori at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. "Croatia"European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  4. Profile: "Igor Vori" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  5. "Igor Vori biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
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